The Five Thousand Pound Kiss

"The Five Thousand Pound Kiss" is one of fifteen short stories written by Leslie Charteris and included in the eleventh Saint book The Brighter Buccaneer published in 1933. It had previously been published in the newspaper Empire News as "The Star of Mandalay".

Plot
The Saint sets his sights on stealing The Star of Mandalay, a huge diamond, during a private party, but he doesn't bank on encountering the female jewel thief from "The Export Trade". The story has a sequel in "The Unusual Ending."